Two new species of the Longitarsusviolentus group from China (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

Zulong Liang; Alexander S Konstantinov; Yongying Ruan; Zhiqiang Li; Zhengzhong Huang; Siqin Ge

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1181.110538

Two new species of the Longitarsusviolentus group from China (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

Zookeys. 2023 Oct 3:1181:111-123. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1181.110538. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Zulong Liang^{1

2}, Alexander S Konstantinov³, Yongying Ruan⁴, Zhiqiang Li⁵, Zhengzhong Huang¹, Siqin Ge¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
² University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
³ Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, c/o Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History Washington United States of America.
⁴ Plant Protection Research Center, Shenzhen Polytechnic University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China Shenzhen Polytechnic University Shenzhen China.
⁵ Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510260, China Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences Guangzhou China.

Abstract

Two new species of Longitarsus Latreille, 1829 from China are described: L.pekingensis Liang, Konstantinov & Ge, sp. nov. (Beijing) and L.xinjiangensis Liang, Konstantinov & Ge, sp. nov. (Xinjiang). Images of dorsal and lateral habitus, pronotum, head, and male and female genitalia are provided. The records of Longitarsusviolentus Weise, 1893 and Longitarsusweisei Guillebeau, 1895 in China are discussed. Holotypes of L.marguzoricus Konstantinov in Konstantinov & Lopatin, 2000 and L.violentoides Konstantinov in Konstantinov & Lopatin, 2000 are illustrated with images of pronotum and median lobe of aedeagus. A key to species of L.violentus species group is provided.

Keywords: Beijing; Palearctic; Xinjiang; flea beetles; taxonomy.

Zulong Liang, Alexander S. Konstantinov, Yongying Ruan, Zhiqiang Li, Zhengzhong Huang, Siqin Ge.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Third Xinjiang Scientific Expedition Program [Grant No. 2021xjkk0605 to S.Q.G.], the National Science Foundation of China [Grant No. 32270460 to S.Q.G.], and the Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project of Beijing, and the Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China [Grant No. 2019HJ2096001006].